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August 1, 2020 By: Staff Report Delray Beach, Fla. – A doctor was arrested and charged with conspiring to commit health care fraud and wire fraud for his alleged participation in a massive years-long health care fraud scheme throughout Palm Beach County, billing for fraudulent…
Read More Florida Doctor Charged in Massive $681 Million Substance Abuse Treatment Fraud
August 1, 2020 By: Deborah Childress GIBSONTON, Fla. – A Gibsonton couple is traumatized from the disappearance of their deceased newborn son’s body while in the care of St. Joseph’s Hospital-North. They have filed a lawsuit of alleged negligence and malice against the Baycare Health…
Read More Newborn Baby Dies at St. Joe’s North, Hospital Loses the Body
July 31, 2020 By: Staff Report WASHINGTON, D.C.- Sources say that President Trump will sign an order requiring ByteDance to sell its ownership of the US-based video-sharing app TikTok, according to Bloomberg. On July 6th, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News that the administration was “certainly looking…
Read More Trump Administration Plans to Cancel TikTok from its Chinese Owner, Bloomberg Reports
July 31, 2020 By: Tiffany Razzano PINELLAS COUNTY – James McLynas, a Democratic candidate for Pinellas County sheriff, found a unique way to spread his message: power washing his campaign brand onto sidewalks and other public right of ways throughout the county. He began pressure…
Read More “I could use the publicity” Pinellas Sheriff Candidate’s Power Washed Campaign
July 31, 2020 By: Staff Report Tampa, Fla. – Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren has filed 30 felony charges against a Tampa resident for scamming people across America, perpetuating the “Bit-Con” hack of prominent Twitter accounts including Bill Gates, Barack Obama, and Elon Musk on…
Read More Tampa Teen Arrested in Twitter Hack Bitcoin Scam
July 31, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – From charges of shooting at or into a vehicle, to the attempted murder of a law enforcement officer, Antonio Ortiz is in jail, with no bond. Ortiz, 31, from Tampa went on a wild and dangerous…
Read More 15 Felony Charges No Bond, Wild and Dangerous Shooting Spree
July 31, 2020 TAMPA, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office investigated 17 cases of illegal dumping during the month of July. This resulted in five felony arrests. Within the first full week of July, three men were arrested for Felony Littering. On July 7,…
Read More 17 Cases of Illegal Dumping, 5 Felony Arrests
July 31, 2020 By: Melissa Fenton PASCO COUNTY, Fla – The longer this goes on with no “finish line” or end date, the worse the mental health of our kids ages 18-25 gets. I’m talking to parents everyday now who are telling me their kids…
Read More Dangerous Long Term Mental Health Effects of This Insanity
July 31, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla.- Hurricane Isaias is expected to strengthen into a Category 2 hurricane over the Bahamas, but will weaken as it gets closer to Florida, according to the National Hurricane Center. But we all know, this is subject to…
Read More ‘It’s a Hurricane’ Isaias Expected to Become a Cat 2
July 30, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – A shooting suspect arrested in Tampa on Thursday night is also linked to multiple reports of shots fired in Hillsborough County. At 7:28 pm Thursday, July 30, a resident on the 6300 block of Tadpole Lane…
Read More Tampa Police Officer and Two Others Shot, Suspect in Custody
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